Tumbler.



E. W. NEWTON.

TUMBLER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19, i915.

Patented Sept. 5, 1916.

INVENTOR 42/! 71/ Newzan By ATTORNEYS WITNESSES snares rarest er ucn EARL W. NEWTON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 ECONOMY TUMBLER COMPANY, OF MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA.

TUMBLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed .Tune 19, 1915. Serial No. 35,020.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EARL W. NEWTON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Tumbler, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention has for its object to provide a tumbler constructed in a manner which will eliminate to a great extent the danger of breakage by careless servants.

My experience has shown that in most cases tumblers are cracked by nesting the tumblers, that is by putting the bottom of a tumbler in another tumbler, and that the edges of the tumblers are usually chipped 'by servants who place their fingers each in I a difi'erent tumbler and draw their fingers toward each other to press the tumblers together so that they may be carried in this manner. My tumblers are not only constructed so that it is impossible to nest them but the construction is such that their edges cannot come into contact with each other when several tumblers standing side by side on a table are moved together. It will, therefore, be seen that when my tumblers are used there is much less danger in breakage than is the usual case.

Additional objects of the invention will appear in the following specification in which the preferred form of my invention is disclosed.

In the drawing similar reference characters refer. to similar parts in the view in which the drawing shows my tumbler in perspective.

By referring to the drawing it will be seen that the sides are straight at H for a distance above the base of the tumbler and that they then converge upwardly a dis tance when they diverge at C to a point adjacent the rim E of the tumbler with the sides of the tumbler from the point D to the rim E curving slightly inwardly and with the diameter of the rim less than the diameter of the base G of the tumbler, When a tumbler is constructed in this manner it is impossible to insert a similar tumbler within the rim E inasmuch as the diameter of the base of the similar tumbler will be greater than the diameter of the said rim E.

It is also impossible to place a number of tumblers constructed in the manner set forth on a table and push them together so that the rims E will engage each other which causes chipping of the rims. The straight portions H of the sides of the tumbler greatly strengthen the tumbler while preserving the other important features referred to above.

Obviously in tumblers of the class described it is desirable to make the incurved body portion of the tumbler as thin as practicable for the sake of economy and at the same time to provide sufiicient strength in the bottom to effectually resist the ordinary abutments of tumblers when moved together on a slab, such as a bar or table. In doing this, I make the lower portion of the tumblerv directly opposite the bottom in true cylindrical form, the cylindrical form extending for a short distance above the cross sectional thickness of the bottom, so that there is provided a relatively broad cylindrical surface for abutment. This provision of a relatively broad cylindrical surface is also useful in that it'afiords an opportunity 0f ornamenting the base of the tumbler, either by fluting in an ordinary manner or otherwise, without impairing the integrity and strength of the incurved relatively thin portion of the body of the tumbler, so that I am able to make in the manner shown a tumbler whose lower end or bottom is so formed as to resist the ordinary abutments or blows experienced in the use of the tumbler and to make the incurved body portion relatively thin as desired, and also to furnish an opportunity to ornament the lower end of the tumbler in the manner frequently desired in this class of ware.

Having thus described my invention I whereby there is provided a broad cylindrical surface for the reception of ornamentation, Whether it be in the torm of flutings or otherwise, Without impairing the strength of the incurved body portion, of the tumbler, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of Witnesses:

K. T. OCONNQR, M. C. 'FREID. 

